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Yogini Nairatmya

Tibet, 17th century

Tibet, 20th century

Nepal, Dated by inscription, 1822

Bhutan, possibly Punakha Dzong, Mid-19th century

Tibet, 19th century

Tibet, 17th century

Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 18th century

Tibet, 18th century

Tibet, 17th century

Tibet, 18th century

Tibet, 15th century

White Tara with Long Life Deities

Tibet, 19th century

Tibet, 17th century

Tibet, 18th century

Tibet, 15th or 16th century

Tara as Protectress from the Eight Fears

Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Tara Protecting from the Eight Fears

Kham Province, Southeastern Tibet, late 19th - early 20th century

Tara Protecting from the Eight Fears

Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Tara in Her Pure Realm, Khadiravana

Tibet, 19th century

Tara in her Pure Realm

Tibet, 19th century

Tara, as a Great Yogini, After a Set of Paintings “Twenty-seven Tantric Deities” designed by Situ Panchen (1700-1774)

Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century

Tibet, 18th century

Sherab Chamma, “Loving Mother of Wisdom”

Tibet, 19th century

Pratisara, one of the Five Protector Goddesses

Central Tibet, possibly Densatil Monastery, mid-14th to mid-15th century

Goddess Ushnishavijaya in Stupa

Tsang Province, Central Tibet, 15th century

Goddess of the Dawn, Marichi

Mongolia, late 17th century or early 18th century

Tibet, 15th century

Tibet, 17th century

Tibet, 13th century

Central Tibet, 14th century

Tibet, 18th century

Tibet, 15th century

Tibet, ca. 18th century

Himalayan, ca. 17th century

Tibet, 19th century

Green Tara as Protectress from the Eight Fears

Tibet or Mongolia, 19th century

Green Tara as Protectress from the Eight Fears

Bhutan, 19th century

Green Tara as Protectress from the Eight Fears

Central Tibet, 19th century

Green Tara as Protectress from the Eight Fears-Drowning

Central Tibet, 19th century

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